One of the new 7 wonders of the world, so it was. Do it if you can before they close it, which is what might happen in the future to protect this beautiful countryside and historical sites. But meanwhile 2500 people visit Machupicchu by train and bus daily whilst only 500 (300 porters and 200 guests) are permited to walk the Inca trail to Machupicchu, which takes 4 days over 47kms. This is what we did, and made it, phew!, all that walking has paid off. We've agreed that this was the highlight of our RTW trip and certainly one of the most challenging, and very very worthwhile. It started in Cusco at 6am with a pick up by bus with the other 11 people in our group. There was 2 Americans,6 Brazilians,1 Spaniard,1 Dane and
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